2014; Year Review ~ Part 3 of 3

Welcome to Part 3, The final in the series of the 2014 Year Review. The end of the year mainly covered FirstBus, although there were a few fleet changes and news for independents.

The main news this autumn was 12 StreetLites entered service with FirstEastEngland, shared equally between Great Yarmouth & Norwich. As a result, a number of alterations occurred. 'EG52' SlimBus Darts (seen below left) will move from FirstGreatYarmouth to First in Lowestoft.

Enviro 200s with First Lowestoft (as seen to the image, belonging to myself, below left) will move to FirstNorwich for the Purple Line. 2 of which have already transferred.

The additions of Enviro 200s to Norwich (left) will mean that the Solos currently on the Purple Line will transfer out of the region. The addition of more buses has also meant that the remaining 1997 Dennis Darts in Lowestoft will be either withdrawn or transferred

Staying with FirstBus news, 60622 was on loan to Great Yarmouth for a long period, whilst 30888 did a swap. FirstNorwich have also began to repaint their fleet into colour coordinated liveries for specific routes. 

Concluding with Sanders, they took on a further East Lancs bodied Decker. This is PM03EHU. All photos in this post are my own (c)

2014; Year Review ~ Part 2

Hi all, Welcome to Part 2 of the year review. This post will cover June to September 2014. 

To begin, FirstBus began their Summer 3 Service in Great Yarmouth whilst First in Lowestoft began their route 99. FirstGreatYarmouth sent EY05FYP & also FJ08FYN to Lowestoft for this. But Great Yarmouth didn't miss out, they gained 7 Volvo ALX400s from Leicester. These are numbered 32058 to 32065 (no 32060). One of them, 32061 W221XBD, was sent to Ipswich to cover for their B7TLs being repainted. Summer also saw the annual Hop On Bus Day (EATM) event, which Zak attended.  Shortly after the event, a surprise demonstrator appeared in Norwich. 

Moving on, Reynolds announced in the summer that they were going to sell a few of their fleet. Caetano MidiBus FJ54MOA was one of them and had only been with Reynolds about a year. W600JSB, a Mercedes Benz Vario, was another up for sale. She was never painted out of her white Livery. After a few months, it was realised these coaches were sold so Reynolds could purchase newer, more suitable buses. These were in the form of 2 Plaxton Paragons, immediately painted in to their Silver Livery. 

Konect lost their last East Lancs bodied Trident to Hedingham in July. W827NNJ was new to Brighton & Hove in March 2000 and was acquired by Konect in December 2012. AnglianBus began to apply their new logo onto their fleet at roughly the same point of the year. 

Finally, AbellioGreaterAnglia took the decision to hire a few buses from First over the summer, as a contingency plan for when disruption occurred or lines were blocked. This contract saw the use of: Plaxton Paragons 20514 WV02EUP and also of 20515 WV02EUR from the Norwich depot; 37562 FJ08FYN, a Volvo Gemini; and 2 Scania Irizar PB coaches from First Southampton (23312 YN54NYT & 23314 YN54NYM). The coaches were on general standby from 0600am until around midnight. Other Train Stations, Including Witham & Colchester, also have buses on standby, but from different operators (Such as Panther Travel). 

Part 3 will follow tomorrow, Covering StreetLites, 60622 on loan to Great Yarmouth, the transfer of Enviro 200s to Norwich, The New FirstNorwich livery, and also a recent addition to Sanders. Here's a taster:

33166, In the Purple Line FirstNorwich Livery 

2014; End of Year Review ~ Part 1 of 3

Welcome to Part 1; It's time to take a journey down Memory Lane. In January, P656UFB was donated to the Norfolk Fire Service, whilst Ambassador acquired a new addition for their National Express Contract. In addition, Stagecoach began to leave their marks after acquring Norfolk Green. As expected, Anglian Bus also created an enthusiast section on their page, just like sister Konect Bus. 

There were a number of rare occurrences in January.

February began with FirstBus E400 SN60CAA 33423 returning from Full Circle in her new livery. She was immediately pressed into service on the X1. This was followed by Sanders introducing their 42 service. BorderBus commenced their first service, the 521. Norfolk Green had one of their many solos, 618 MX54WMJ, repainted. When it returned, it was first seen by Contributor Joe working the X29 today with external Stagecoach fleet numbers.

In Spring, Konect acquired an Open Top Olympian (R739XRV) for their Route 22 which would commence in the summer. Meanwhile, unfortunately, Solo 901 VX51RJZ caught fire. After some repairs it was back in service! 

Numerous FirstBuses also had adverts applied - 4 Darts advertise Yarmouth College and 32061 & 2 Geminis advertise Wilco. 

Sanders took over Neaves bus services and bought all their buses. 

Anglianbus Scania OmniLinks 550 AO57EZM and 552 AO57HCD both had their 588 route branding removed in April. Meanwhile, Sister company Konect saw 951 AU07KMK enter service with vinyls! Finally from me today, FirstNorwich's 66332 MV02VBX re-entered service after being repainted into the new livery.

Thanks, Readers & Contributors

As we approach the end of 2014, I feel like this is an appropriate time to thank you all for your continued support to NorwichBusPage throughout 2014. On behalf of Zak, there's a few people in particular we'd like to thank - Contibutors Reece, Quintin, The Management & Workers at companies themselves for the numerous "heads-ups" and reports up front, and many others over the course of the year. We truly appreciate your support and can't thank you enough! NorwichBusPage would like to wish everyone a prosperous New Year and we hope you have had a 2014 to remember?!

I conclude this post with a few links, stating some of our most popular posts this year, or ones which you may have missed & we feel are interesting:

• Sanders Fleet Update ~ Feb 2014
• FirstGreatYarmouth Fleet Update ~ October 2014
• They kept that one quiet! 
• Sanders Exclusive
• Konect ~ Depot Visit
• AnglianBus Fleet Update ~ July 2014
• StreetLite Special
• FirstBus Fleet ~ July 2014  

32100 sees orange, and other updates

Recently repainted Volvo B7TL 32100 LT02ZCJ has made her debut on the Orange Line today. The Turquoise coloured bus has had a black Norwich fleetnames above the drivers window applied, with another above the entry doors and one on the front panel below a white First logo. After seeing it in the flesh, I must say I think it looks very smart and I actually prefer it to the purple coloured buses at the moment.

Also worth noting is 66348 MV02VDC has now entered service, 45119 RT09JPT has been applied with Purple Line branding in the same style as sister 45118 ST09JPT, whilst Konectbus 953 YN57HPX has now had fleetnames applied.

Fleet Update ~ FirstNorwich

Chris Speed tweeted this morning that the first Turquoise Liveried bus would be returning from Simon Morris in Ipswich today, with an accompanying photo which he's kindly allowed us to reproduce here.

Since this photo was taken, 32100 LT02ZCJ has also had a black NORWICH fleetname applied above the driver's window, in the same style that has been applied on Ipswich's buses over the year. This will not be the finished product however, as coloured route branding is expected to be applied at a later date. 33167 LR02LYF has gone the other way.

Christmas Timetables ~ First

On Christmas Eve (24th) and New Years Eve (31st) some FirstBus services will be cancelled, altered or will terminate early. Services from all depots will be affected. More information is available here, on the FirstBus website.

They kept that one quiet!

It was a case of right place right time for me, as I happened to be driving Norwich bound down the A11 when I see a new livery us approaching, also heading to Norwich. At first I thought I'd hit the jackpot by photographing one of Ipswich's B7RLEs heading back from Rotherham, but upon closer inspection I realised I'd gone one better! It was in fact ex-Turquoise Line branded 66348 MV02VDC, complete with fleet numbers and Norwich speech bubbles.

her turquoise branding remains on the front.

Norwich Observations

After being away last week, I felt the need to spend a few hours in Norwich today to try and catch up with the local scene. I was aware of what had been going on but was yet to see these changes first hand.

The first thing I'd like to mention is that I was informed today that the remaining three Renowns in Yarmouth will be withdrawn and replaced with three of Norwich's Eclipses, which they have spare now thanks to the new StreetLites. Minutes after hearing that, I noticed 66333 MV02VBY drive past on the 14 with all of her Norwich identification removed, including above the door. UPDATE: Contributor Sam has since pointed out to Harry that 66333 was transferred to Ipswich earlier this year, which is why she's lacking any Norwich ID. So this may not be related to the transfers.

the ticker tape down the side, the fleetnames and the little speech bubble things have been removed.

I didn't notice any other's which had had the same treatment, though there are a few which have been debranded as reported previously throughout the last couple of months as it happens.

Once again, it was an odd day for the StreetLites. One was on the 14, one on the 12, one on the 38, whilst two were on the 11s, and the final one on the red line. The fact that I saw all of them means I've finally photographed 47510 SN64CRV and 47511 SN64CRX in service, as well as seeing and riding 47508 SN64CRK for the first time.

47508 on castle meadow operating the 11A to the hospital.

The reason I mentioned the one on the 38 is because the current batch of Optare Solos are being replaced by Lowestoft's Enviro200s. Two have already arrived and entered service in the form fo 45118 ST09JPT and 45119 RT09JPT. The latter entered service before the former, but 45118 has now received Purple Line branding for the service which was later confirmed as a temporary measure until they are repainted at the end of next year.

Purple line branded 45118 still carries her Africa Alive advert for Lowestof'ts service 99.

On the subject of repaints, two more buses have returned since our last report. 33003 LK51UZS is the first longer wheelbased vehicle to be treated and was in service for the first time today on the 36 between Horsford and Long Stratton. Ex-Yarmouth 32203 LT52WTJ has gone the other way to be added to the Purple Line fleet. 

it is still unconfirmed which bus will be the first to carry branding for their dedicated routes.

Meanwhile, 33237 LT52WVF returned from Simon Morris in Ipswich last week and was also noted in service today, also on the Purple Line. This was replaced by Volvo B7TL 32100 LT02ZCJ which is going to be the first vehicle to see the Turquoise variation of the livery.

this photo encaptures two of Norwich's new liveried buses and can be found on our home page slideshow.

And to post something that isn't First related, one of Norfolk Green's recent acquisitions was in service on the X29 today lacking any identification of ownership. Enviro300 27646 GX10HCC could be found operating Stagecoach South's coastliner 700 service in and around Chichester before her move to Norfolk, but now wears the Stagecoach variant of Norfolk Green's livery.

I haven't had a problem photographing the destination screens on any of these new acquisitions yet!

Response to Sheffield

Shortly after posting about my day in Sheffield, I received an email from a reader who actually studies in the city, which quite clearly puts my report to shame! Here's a more detailed insight into the bus scene there, complimented by a few photographs of mine.

"In response to your Sheffield bus scene, you missed a huge amount out. I am used to the Norwich bus scene, but moving up here for university, I’ve learnt a lot about the Sheffield bus scene too. I understand that you couldn't find a bus station (here in Yorkshire they're called Interchanges). The interchanges up here are pretty much the same as Castle Meadow, St Stephens and Theatre Street. By the look of your flickr photos, had you walked around the other side of Sheffield Hallam University, you would have met the Sheffield Interchange.

Anyway, regarding FirstSheffield, you're right about the Geminis being common up here. However so too are Presidents (not to the same extent as Norwich), and a small fleet of Enviro 400s, commonly operating the 51 line. As for the single-deckers, there's quite a big fleet of new StreetLites here in Sheffield. Additionally, the Eclipses are common. The Renowns though? These buses are often used on a couple of routes or during peak hours. Considering the new First livery, pretty much all the buses here are in the new design, just a few Renowns and ALX400s remain in the barbie livery. They're not bothering with repainting those as either the buses will be scrapped, or repainted into training liveries for other regions. One notable bus is the B7L Eclipse Y661 UKU (60703), its an Eclipse at the front, then a Renown at the back. First time I saw it, I thought I was seeing things.

As for Stagecoach, they have a big affair with the Enviro bus series. Plenty of 300s and 400s. Interestingly, Stagecoach have been running the Enviro 400H, the hybrid model, for a number of years on their Sheffield's flagship 120 route, shared between First and Stagecoach alike. There's even a few darts about, mainly used during the peak hours though. Stagecoach as you say, also run the tram services into Sheffield, 3 lines in total (from Halfway, Hillsborough and Meadowhall)

a Chesterfield based Enviro400 operating the 43

As for independents, TM Travel are pretty big considering their position as an independent. They tend to operate a large fleet of Optare Solos, with a small number of Versas too. Their entire double-decker fleet is made up of Olympians.

As for other operators, they are running one or two routes, often shared with their bigger rivals. For example, the 272 route (Castleton - Sheffield) is operated by First, TM Travel and Hulleys of Baslow (though I've never seen Hulleys running it, and only seen a TM Travel bus on it once). Sheffield Community Transport (SCT) run around 10 routes, while there are a number of even smaller independents operating the one route.

Sheffield Community Transport Optare Solo MX05ENC operating the 10A, seen on Furnival Square.

The route sharing is common place here in Sheffield; the result of the bus partnership that's been set up. You can rarely get each companies' bus maps, there's just an entire sheffield bus map, certainly not the easiest thing to read. In addition the ‘X...’ services (X13, X78 etc.) are in no way ‘express’ or speedy. They are just the same as any other route, stopping at every stop."

A big thanks to Quintin for sending that fantastic report.

FirstNorwich Replacement Vinyls

Last week, I received an email from reader and contributor Reece. He has written a long and detailed report about his sightings of Norwich's fleet. Many of you have probably noticed the strange branding which has been appearing on the upper deck windows, but it seems First have noticed as well and have been on a spending spree replacing them.

Presidents 33057 LN51GJJ, 33151 LR02LXK and 33238 LT52WVG have had plain white Norwich Network vinyls applied, whilst Orange Line branded 33161 LR02LXW has had it's vinyl replaced again as the original replacement had the text so near the top it was pretty much touching the fram of the vehicle. 33169 LR02LYJ has also had her Orange vinyl re-applied after several months without it.

33169 has had her vinyl on the top deck replaced, but is seen here on St Stephen's without it earlier this year.

On the Gemini front, 36169 BD11CFO, 36170 BD11CFP and 36177 BD11CGF have had their Blue Line vinyls reapplied along with 36167 BD11CFM, but this time with the smaller font that's used on the side windows. A similar thing happened to 36180 BD11CDZ after it came back from it's stint on the X1. 36166 BD11CFK has also had her's reapplied, but at a noticeably slanted angle. Going the other way is 36178 BD11CDX who has lost her "Blue Line Blue Line" replacement vinyl and is currently awaiting the correct one, alongside 36169 BD11CDY who has had her plain blue vinyl removed and is also currently awaiting a replacement.

Reece also sent me a photo he took of 36179, now missing her recently applied plain blue vinyl.

Reece also provided me with some pretty impressive facts. On the Red Line, every single bus still has the original top deck window vinyl, although 33158 LR02LXT and 33004 LK51UZT have both lost their destination screen vinyl.

Whilst on the subject of branding, both of Norwich's recently acquired Enviro200s have had some Purple Line branding applied. I was later informed by Firt's Business Manager that the branding is only temporary until the buses get repainted towards the end of next year.

A big thanks to Reece for providing such an extensive report and for the accompanying photograph which remains copyright to him.

Update ~ 13th December 2014.
Furthermore, Sam L has informed us (and corrected us on our original statement) that 36175 BD11CFZ also does not carry it's original vinyl either. Thanks Sam! *Harry

Road Trip: Day One ~ SHEFFIELD

Early Monday morning, I arose from my bed; tired but excited. I had already packed the car so I was off in good time. It took me only three hours to get to Sheffield, and it was the first time I'd ever driven in a major city that I'd never been to before; so I was so busy trying to figure out what the speed limit was I missed the park & ride turn off! Fortunately, Sheffield had planned for such an eventuality and had conveniently placed a roundabout with a seperate lane for those who missed the turn off. The sign looked different though and it took me a couple of seconds to work out that the park & ride was operated by Stagecoach's 'Supertram'. I had never been on a tram before and wasn't sure how it worked but it turns out it isn't hard. I alighted about ten minutes later and started walking around trying to find a bus station. About half an hour later, I was still walking around trying to find a bus station. After an hour, I gave up, had a steak pie and stood on the busiest bus related road I could find. 

FirstSheffield 37524 YN58ETR is a B9TL Gemini, a heritage South Yorkshire Transport livery.

The main operator in the city is FirstSouth Yorkshire, operating under the name of FirstSheffield. From what I saw, their fleet consists mainly of Geminis, and Renowns, with a good handful of Enviro400s and Wright StreetLite MAXs dotted about too. Most of the buses wear the new livery, including the older members of the fleet, but there were still a significant amount in the old barbie.

60688 T870ODT is a Volvo B10BLE Wright Renown.

Stagecoach Yorkshire also operated a handful of routes into Sheffield, using a small variety of vehicles. The Enviro300 was the most common bus I saw from their fleet, and double decker wise I only spotted two Scania N94UD East Lancs OmniDekkas.

15414 YN54VKD heading towards the city centre.

Other operators noted were TM Travel, Hulleys of Baslow and Sheffield Community Transport. Many more photos are in the process of being uploaded and will be put together in a group called Sheffield which can be viewed here.

Road Trip

I'm typing to you from my friend's flat at university! Those who are friends with me on Facebook will already know where I am, and I was planning on posting a report after each day on where I'd been and what I'd seen. Unfortunately, due to limited WiFi usage, I have been unable to do this however I just wanted to let you know I'm still here! If all goes to plan, I should be able to post a report on my first day tomorrow, albeit a small one but I can't promise anything I'm afraid.

One more word, I'm not sure how this has happened but somehow, NBP received our most amount of pageviews in a day yesterday: 2336. Harry and I are staggered about how far our blog reaches; I was chatting to an enthusiast today who had also heard about and read the blog before. So once again, thanks for your continued support and to those who have emailed me with sightings over the last couple of days, I'm not ignoring you! I will be writing those posts up over the weekend.

StreetLites Again

Please do let me know if you're now fed up with posts about and photos of the new StreetLites, however on Friday I jumped on one heading up to Wroxham to see if I could get any decent shots of it up there. Having observed the traffic in the city for about an hour, I was confident that I would also have the opportunity to photograph two others if I stayed there for about an hour. I was after a shot of it coming over the bridge, similar to one I took of a Konectbus Versa on the first day of their 53. That was back in September though and now winter is upon us, the sun wasn't being as kind to me as it was on that day.

47509 bathed in winter sun heading back towards the City.

Because of various buildings and boats, shadows were cast across most of the bridge so I had to walk a little further down the road to get a shot of one in the sunlight. Shame about the lampost shadow on the one above, although still a good shot if I don't say so myself! Just a mere ten mintues later, 47507 SN64CRJ came the other way but by then the sun had gone behind a cloud so I went back up to the bridge to catch this shot. Shame about the bright orange Cadet behind it, rather distracting from the main focus of the photo.

And last but not least, a photo of a StreetLite that hasn't yet made it onto the blog. 47512 SN64CRZ was also in service and was working the 12 to Stalham, alongside another new liveried bus in the form of 66332 MV02VBX.

Fleet Update ~ FirstNorwich

The first ex-Lowestoft Enviro200 entered service today, in the form of 45119 RT09JPT. I was standing on Castle Meadow when 45119 rolled to a halt displaying the 13 to Attleborough, complete with NORWICH fleet names. However one of the controllers soon turned up and informed the driver that she was going to swap with the next Pink Line bus to come in, as that particular 13 would be going past a school just after leaving time and would therefore need higher capacity. With that, 32107 LT02ZCX rolled in on the 11 to the hospital. The driver was informed what was going on and swiftly boarded 45119 and changed the screen respectively. After photographing this event I decided to head down to the hospital onboard the Enviro to get some more photographs of it up there.

shortly after swapping drivers

seen before swapping, with Attleborough's passengers still on board.

32107 on the Turquoise Line

45119 infront of the large NHS sign working the 11 to Sprowston

reader and contriuter Michael also managed to photograph her at Roundhouse in Cringleford

It has also been confirmed that 45118 ST09JPT has been fitted with Norwich vinyls, whilst Great Yarmouth's 43860 EG53FGF and 43861 EG52FGJ have made the short trip South to Lowestoft.

StreetLite Launch

Harry and I were kindly invited by First to attend their launch event outside the Forum today in Norwich for their new StreetLites, but due to college commitments Harry couldn't make it in time. I could however so made my way to the city this morning. The launch was from 10-12 and featured two of the buses that are yet to enter service; 47510 SN64CRV and 47511 SN64CRX. They currently lack ticket machines but will be fitted with them over the weekend whilst the first two ex-Lowestoft Enviro200s will head to Norfolk to displace the first two Optare Solos. It is currently expected that Monday will be the first day all the StreetLites will be out, so lets hope the weather holds out for photographs next week! I have also been informed that NORWICH fleetnames will be applied above the windows, similar to those on the current fleet of single deckers.

the Lord Mayor of Norwich Judth Lubbock alongside Eastern Counties MD David Squire pose infront of 47510.

First had asked the Lord Mayor of Norwich to come down to officially launch the buses and she was very impressed with not only the buses themselves but the efford that First have put in to supporting the better bus area scheme in Norwich. 

It was nice to be able to catch up with friends at the event and meet a few of the names I'd been in contact with over the year face to face, including Chris Limbach, Lee Howes, Lucy Wright and the lady behind First's twitter feed Katie. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you and hope it was the start of many conversations to come!

A cold but successful morning resulted in many members of the public asking about the new buses and commenting on how nice it was to see the fleet being invested in, and a number of happy enthusiasts being able to snap the buses for the first time in a place where they're unlikely to be again! Goodie bag in hand and photos safely stored on my SD card I couldn't wait to get back home to the warmth. It looks like Saturday is going to be half decent weather wise so will bring another report from Wymondham or Wroxham at the weekend.

Lowestoft's Red Line

Reader Reece Collison got in touch yesterday evening with a very surprising story! He says  this: "Lowestoft Gemini 37567 AU58ECF is strangely on my local Red Line route in Norwich. I don't know if this is a one-off, a loan or a permanent transfer, but it was certainly a very interesting find!" 

Reece was also kind enough to send a couple of photographs, taken with his phone, which remain copyright to him.

here's proof it's not 37562 FJ08FYN!

on Rampant Horse Street awaiting it's passengers.

at a bus stop at the other end of Reece's journey.

Fleet Update ~ First

As reported elsewhere, the final of Norwich's B7RLEs, 69006 AU05DMF, will rejoin her sisters in Ipswich today and will then depart to Rotherham for a refurb tomorrow. The refurbishment program is nigh on completion in the Suffolk town and is thought that the fleet will be complete by the end of this month. 

69006 clining on in Norwich thanks to a rear advert for Easton College. Seen here back
in September working the Red Line service 23 to Costessey.

For the last couple of months, one of Yorkshire's Renowns has been on loan on to Great Yarmouth whilst 30888 W743DWX was on loan to Ipswich to cover for decker repaints. These are expected to swap today with 30888 returning home a lot quieter than when she left!

30888 outside Tower Ramparts bus station in Ipswich working her regular 66 route.

East Norfolk Bus Blog also revealed today the other four registrations of Norwich's StreetLites and the full list is as follows:

47507 SN64CRJ
47508 SN64CRK
47509 SN64CRU
47510 SN64CRV
47511 SN64CRX
47512 SN64CRZ

This has enabled us to upload our December editions of our FirstNorwich and FirstEastern Counties fleet lists which can be found underneath the fleet lists tab on our home page.

Fleet Update ~ Sanders EXCLUSIVE ~ UPDATED

PM03EHU has been allocated fleet number 116.


To all the people who dislike the word, you may have noticed it's use decline in numbers on this blog. However today, Sanders Coaches have kindly sent me photographs of another ex-Bus Vannin double decker that they have picked up today, all repainted and ready to go. Alongside the photographs was a little note explaining how they won't post about it on their twitter until the pics are online here. So that really is an exclusive!

The bus is the third VDL DB250LF East Lancs Lowlander that has come from the Isle of Mann this year and wears a similar registration to the others. PM03EHU is pictured here at Blyth Servics by it's driver this afternoon and is likely to wear fleet number 103 or 104. We can also reveal that 102 YJ55WPA was also picked after having a refurbishment whilst 105 YJ05PZE went the other way. Both are also East Lancs Lowlanders.

A big thanks to Sanders Coaches who continue to support the blog with constant fleet updates alongside asking us to provide their twitter feed with a profile picture each month!

FirstNorwich StreetLite Special

Well I say special, but it didn't go quite to plan this morning at the depot when they seemed to forget that they could use the two new buses today. However to keep us happy, they were thrown out at about nine o'clock this morning on the Pink Line and the Red Line retrospectively. Thankfully, I overslept this morning meaning that just as I was coming in on 33163 LR02LXZ (which now has NORWICH vinyls) I spotted 47507 SN64CRJ waiting at the other side of the road displaying 11 on the screen. I jumped off 33163 and sprinted on board and nestled in the back seat waiting to arrive at the hospital so I could get a few shots. The dismal weather didn't help with the outcome but my photos I did get are still publishable! Back in the city, I also managed to photograph the other one that is out today 47509 SN64CRU working the 23A to Heartsease. I'm about to upload our new fleet lists for December 1st, including our first Sanders list since May. Our FirstNorwich list will be held back by a day or two in order to give us chance to find out the remaining four registrations of the StreetLites, but when it is released it will be released alongside the return of our full Eastern Counties list. So remember to keep checking back in the coming days for more updates! You can see more photos of the StreetLites on my flickr.

47509 on Castle Meadow, with two drivers to the left looking on.

47507 turning at the Hospital.